I did my Soul Food Sunday Roast DJ thing today at the Hare and Hounds. It was bitterly cold outside (down to minus 9 at one point!) but the food was warming and delicious – and the music got a little bit tropical at times. The place was pretty full the whole way through, and [...]
Auditório Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been in Brazil. First, in a town called Goiania, and then Sao Paulo. I’m over here for Unconvention, which is a grassroots and independent music conference and event that started in Salford a couple of years ago, but which has expanded dramatically, and has [...]
Tagged: brazil, unconvention
I was asked by a friend to recommend a whisky to buy for his father’s birthday. I came up with a few suggestions, and thought that actually, since I get asked this quite frequently, I might as well blog it as well, since we’re now on the lead-up to Christmas… I thought I’d leave aside [...]
Categories: Whisky
Tagged: Aberlour, Ardbeg, Balblair, Glenrothes, jura, Lagavulin, Longrow
Had an amazing time on the island of Jura with Clutch, who was there writing a song to raise money for the ferry, which is under threat from funding cuts. The song’s nearly done (just some vocals, real strings and maybe a bit of guitar to go) – and you can hear the rough mix [...]
Categories: Travel
